The document describes the process taken to design the cover and contents pages of a magazine about rock music. For the cover, a red font was chosen for the title to stand out against the black background. Additional design elements like coverlines, images, and text were added while maintaining a consistent red, black, and white color scheme. The contents pages list article titles and images related to the content. A dark background was used for the double page spread to connect it visually to the previous pages and feature a collage of band images.

1. I started the production of my
magazine front cover by creating a
unique font for the title. I chose the
word ‘Rock’ as it was straight to the
point. I chose the colour red for the
title as I knew it would stand out and
be eye-catching. I t also follows the
colour scheme I have chose for my
magazine from the results of my
audience research. By adding a stroke
and bevel & emboss it made the title
unique.
I then added a bar at the bottom of
the magazine stating bands ad artists
that would also be featured within
the magazine. I made this red so it
would follow the colour scheme and
again stand out and match the title.

2. I then added the coverlines.
I ensured that I stuck to my colour scheme and made sure that the coverlines stood
out. Two coverlines “Download Lowdown” and “Coheed and Cambria” have a white
stroke on them, and this makes them differ from the others as I didn’t want them all
to be the same and I felt that they stood out more. The coverline “Avenged
Sevenfold” is in a different font to the rest as it is will be made into an exclusive story
in the magazine.
I also added a positioning statement and issue date and title in a different font to
everything else as this follows the codes and conventions of a magazine front cover.

3. It is typical for a magazine to have an exclusive one off article that is in this
particular magazine only therefore I decided I would include this on the
coverline of the band that was favoured most in my audience research. This
will make the reader believe that my magazine is the only place you can read
this news.

4. Then I added my chosen image. I cropped the image and placed it on a plain
black background as I felt it would portray the ‘hard knock’ attitude that
rock music displays through this. I chose this image because of the facial
expressions and the use of the guitar.

5. I created my main coverline in a unique
way that I had not used anywhere else
on the front cover. The surname
‘Vengeance’ links well with the attitude
of rock music. I chose this colour as i did
not want to use too much of the same
colour, whilst trying to stick to my colour
scheme, and by using a different shade
of red, I still managed to follow it and let
it stand out more than most things of
the cover. I added a white stroke to
‘Harley’ to make it stand out more
against the black background and lather
jacket of the model and a black stroke to
‘Vengeance’ to ensure it stood out
against the white of the guitar.
The subline is in the same colour as the
main coverline to ensure it connects
with this the black box around it makes
it stand out against the white and the
maroon outline again anchors the
subline to the image and the main
I also added the barcode at this point coverline.
too.

6. This is my final magazine front cover.

7. Firstly I added a red bar
across the top with ‘content’
in it to make it stand out and
be the first thing that is
noticed on the page. To
follow the style of the page I
then added the category
headings to display the two
different categories within
the magazine. News being
the regular content and
Features being the interviews
and articles specific to this
certain issue.

8. Then I added the page numbers followed by the name of the article and a
small insight to what the article is about. This lets the reader know what
they are going to be reading and keeps them interested as it does not
reveal the whole article and makes them want to keep reading. I changed
the colour of the p-age numbers to red so they stood out and followed by
consistent red, black and white colour scheme.

9. I then chose images I felt
would relate to the articles
best out of the pictures I had
selected. I selected these
images because I felt they
stood out most over all the
pictures I had taken.
Also in two of the images, the
models are giving direct
audience address which
attracts the reader.

10. I then added an issue date, page number and the
page numbers of the image to anchor the image
to the article. This is all conventional of a
magazine contents page.

11. This is my final
contents page
design.

12. I started my double page spread by
creating a title and a stand first. This gave
me something to work upon and it was a
good starting point. I chose a different font
for ‘Solitary Confinement’ s it makes it eye-
catching and appealing to the reader.
I then went of to adding the image I had
selected to be the background for my
double page spread. I then added the
article and page number and issue date
to the page. I placed the article low
down as I did not want it to cover the
faces on the image. This resulted in a
third page of my article.

15. I then changed the font colour to white so it stood out against the dark
brick wall background.
This is my final first two pages of my double page spread.

16. I tired to have as little text on this page to ensure I could put more images into
the article. I gave it a dark background so it would follow my consistent colour
scheme and connect it to the previous two pages of the double page spread.

17. I then created a collage of
images that link to the
band and display the hard
work and effort that the
boys in the band put into
it.
The different images give
lets the reader get closer
to the band a lets them see
what they get up to in
practice.
Some of the images are
taken from a Photoshop
and some from a band
practice.

18. This is the final page
of my double page
spread.